http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/ A mush of the Countryside, Nature, Animals and the Environment. en http://fdata.over-blog.net/3/36/91/69/avatar-blog-1125329177-tmpphp9qN7DW.jpg http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:38:14 +0200 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:38:14 +0200 En.over-blog.com RSS 2.0 Engine Copyright 2012 a-country-diary.over-blog.com Travels http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification/ http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-and-the-wanderer-returns-104131920.html Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:34:00 +0200 5ced4cfc2dab5e75e5c5505c2aea85ed Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-and-the-wanderer-returns-104131920-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-my-video-kit-69202122.html
It has been a while since I have posted anything of interest here on my blog...for those of you who are kind enough to take a look I am very sorry. Lack of work and inevitably Money has forced me to spend time nearer home rather than on my permissions where I have acre after acre to roam over.[...]]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:04:00 +0100 1998b9508d0de040080fb6a247d2bb2f Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-my-video-kit-69202122-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-the-badger-meles-meles-59060511.html
I received a very nice call from my youngest daughter the other day, she was very exited and wanted me to be the first person to know what she had found at the bottom of her garden...A Badger, just one sleeping under a bush, oblivious to everything around it and taking a snooze. I did not[...]]]> Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:45:00 +0200 987d906abdd7d8d93f420e0a7a839baf Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-the-badger-meles-meles-59060511-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-tawny-owl-strix-aluco-57120638.html
The Tawny Owl, a cute little creature about the size of a Pigeon, with brown chestnut feathers and big "cuddle me eyes"...don't misunderstand this is not a creature for cuddling, rather it is a mean killing machine and misses little during the night....it eats Small mammals, birds, amphibians,[...]]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:22:00 +0200 ca80256af1f239712740ac67d8edf1d7 Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-tawny-owl-strix-aluco-57120638-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-crayfish-astacidae-53682184.html
Crayfish, we all love Crayfish they are relatives of the lobster, and have five pairs of walking legs. The front pair feature large pincers for catching prey. They can be found in most streams and rivers and have plenty of hidey holes under rocks or vacant holes in the bank. There are more than[...]]]> Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:07:00 +0200 9a0eef7bd9b106c88a9fd2ac0d86f340 Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-crayfish-astacidae-53682184-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-alderley-edge-copper-mines-49027027.html Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:06:00 +0200 9dc5faa33da0d1268fc792f6525a9c7e Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-alderley-edge-copper-mines-49027027-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-sunday-a-walk-in-the-countryside-47862337.html Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:01:00 +0200 810ecf17a050707ff54753d2e1e12805 Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-sunday-a-walk-in-the-countryside-47862337-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-spring-haggis-diaspora-47533302.html Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:22:00 +0200 d42c099490d93556125fe74cdc90640a Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-spring-haggis-diaspora-47533302-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-mr-magpie-pica-pica-46441994.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:00 +0100 6898cc789c61c5ffc27cbd232dfaeb87 Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-mr-magpie-pica-pica-46441994-comments.html#anchorComment http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-winter-devestation-46107385.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:41:00 +0100 29207da5efb05f7f42187e0ffaaa4466 Country Life http://a-country-diary.over-blog.com/article-winter-devestation-46107385-comments.html#anchorComment